Abstainers — those who don’t drink at all — now account for 18% of no- and low-alcohol consumers. 9 out of 10 markets are seeing an increase in abstainers.

Why would abstainers have worse outcomes than those with modest alcohol consumption? As explained by Tim Stockwell, former director of the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research at the ...

Health.com: Ten best foods for the heart Overall, the more alcohol consumed, the smaller the brain volume, with abstainers having a higher brain volume than former drinkers, light drinkers (one to ...

According to this model, abstainers and heavy drinkers are at higher risk of certain conditions, such as heart disease, compared to moderate drinkers, whose risk is lower. People used to think ...

But researchers now say those findings were biased because most—about 80 percent—of the studies looked at in the JAMA Open Network analysis didn’t consider why abstainers didn’t drink alcohol or when ...

When drinking choices are perceived as "just one drink," with each single drink representing relatively slight risk, it may ...

with the pure cigar smokers averaging an amazing ten pounds more in body weight than the abstainers. Similar patterns are observed for a number of other body measurements, all indicative of the ...

They have already made up their minds. Weary of political gamesmanship, skeptical about the usefulness of voting, or ...

For example, many people who develop new illnesses unrelated to their alcohol use quit drinking, making the group of alcohol abstainers appear less healthy than those who consume alcohol at low or ...

Are worsening mental health outcomes and social media related? The timing is suggestive: mental health began to slide just as ...

Minister details support for smoking ban as she reveals she had first cigarette aged 12 Far be it from me to agree with Suella Braverman, but I do think that the naysayers and abstainers may have ...

But many of the brand’s core customers aren’t abstainers—they’re well-heeled drinkers with discerning palates who are taking a break, be it an evening or a lunch. “80% of our customers ...